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- More tech firms get share of major venture funding; $2 billion given to 249 companies; online advertising fuels recovery.(News)
- Byline: Amanda Fung Venture capital investors are opening their wallets to increasing numbers of New York area technology entrepreneurs. Last year, venture firms put close to $2 billion into 249 companies, according to a survey by Pricewaterhous Byline: Amanda Fung ...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
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- NBC's Silverman Getting Contract Extention; Hearst Still Looking For New CEO
- With the near-daily flow of media industry layoffs, two big execs may get to keep their jobs, at least for a while longer. Although NBC's broadcast ratings have been in the tank for some time, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker is inclined to extend Ben Silverman's contract...
- External links 2008-12-12
- Why Humor and Emails Don't Mix
- When you send an email to your employees or colleagues, do you think that humor might help a tough message go down a little easier? Do you try to include a few punch lines, thinking you're breaking up the monotony of their day? If the answer is...
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Who Will Fund Your Internet Idea? Reach for Your Wallet
- Q: What is the best way for an Intranet entrepreneur to get funding for a great idea? A: Reach for your wallet. That's the key takeaway from David Silverman, who himself is in the middle of launching an Internet company called Jamseed. Writing on Harvard Online, Silverman counsels...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Three Reasons Why Your Resume Ends Up in the Discard Pile
- Thank your stars you are not applying for a job with David Silverman. How you create a hyphen on your resume could very likely decide whether you go into David's "considers further merit" pile or the "thanks but no thanks" collection. "Personally, I look at the width...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Are You Witty in E-mail? You Might Be the Only One Who Thinks So
- I like to think of myself as reasonably humorous, especially when it comes to the written word. My e-mail correspondence with friends is often witty and clever, and we enjoy giving each other a good electronic ribbing almost as much as an in-person joshing. But, as Harvard's...
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- Bad Bosses Who Mean Well
- What does it take to be a really bad boss? David Silverman reveals all in "11 Habits of the Worst Boss I Ever Had", a timeless collection of how to confuse, intimidate and generally exasperate employees. I don't want to steal his thunder -- it's worth reading for yourself. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Detroit Bailout: Compassionate or Cuckoo?
- Most of us can agree that three CEOs asking for federal bailout money in Washington D.C., cups in hands, shouldn't arrive on three huge corporate jets. But nasty public relations aside, should American automakers receive a $25 billion check from taxpayers? For two heroically divergent views on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Domino's retains UPS vet to succeed CFO Silverman
- ANN ARBOR, MICH. -- Domino's Pizza, the pizza segment's No. 2 chain, named L. David Mounts chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance, effective Nov. 2. He will report to chairman and chief executive David Brandon and succeed Harry J. Silverman, 46, who is retiring after 20 years...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- Bold Advice: Don't Send a Resume Cover Letter
- I always include a cover letter when I send in a resume to apply for a new job. That's what you are supposed to do according to every "how to get a job" article I've read. But here comes business writing teacher David Silverman with some contrary...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- U.S. Online-Ad Revenue Dropped 5% in First Half
- by Abbey Klaassen Published: October 05, 2009 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Internet-advertising revenue in the U.S. plunged 5.3% to $10.9 billion in the first half of the year compared to the same six-month period a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, which compile online-ad spending totals...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Online Ad Spend Up Year Over Year, Despite Stumbles
- A whole passel of numbers have come out the past week or so, and while none of them quite jibe with each other, they all paint a pretty consistent picture. While online ad spend was up for Q1 2008 versus Q1 2007, ad spending compared to Q4 2007 was actually...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- 10 Ways to Improve E-Mail Before Clicking Send
- Most of us employ a mental filter when we speak: We choose our words carefully and don't say anything and everything that comes to mind. But when it comes to e-mail, it's all too easy for that filter to fail, resulting in lengthy, sloppy, inappropriate, and, worst of all, unread...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Internet ad revenue soars 24% in 2007
- Internet advertising revenue for 2007 is expected to grow to more than $21 billion, a 24-percent increase over the previous year's record of almost $16.9 billion, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Fourth-quarter 2007 revenue amounted to about $5.9 billion, the highest quarter ever reported. This...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Tips for Writing Powerful Emails
- Email writing is its own art form. Done well, your reader gets your point quickly, knows what action you expect them to take, and is encouraged to respond with more information or better ideas. In other words, it doesn't waste their time and moves the conversation along....
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- My week
- Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 David Silverman The curator of the Tutankhamun exhibition on the arrival of the show at the O2 Arena Sunday I'm tidying up last-minute things. I work on the...
- Research articles 2007-11-17
- Trim Your Meetings to Boost Productivity
- Can cutting 10 minutes out of a meeting make your whole day run better? There's no doubt, says David Silverman at Harvard. He proposes that we start thinking about a standard 50-minute meeting, rather than the traditional one-hour block. Why? Think about how a...
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- AP Reporters Protest: Reporters Withhold Bylines, Management May Withhold Stories
- After all the recent challenges to its wire service that have been creeping up lately, now the Associated Press has a labor action on its hands. As the AP and its employees negotiate over a new contract, the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America have called for a "byline strike"...
- External links 2008-12-16
- AT&T allows Skype on Apple's iPhone
- WASHINGTON - AT&T Inc will open its third-generation wireless network to third-party Internet voice applications on Apple Inc's iPhone, clearing the way for services such as Skype. AT&T, which has exclusive rights to the iPhone, said in a statement that the company informed Apple and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Marketing Trumps Science in Vytorin Scandal
- In one of the drug industry's more revealing scandals in a while, Merck and Schering-Plough are struggling to rescue two new cholesterol drugs from evidence that they're useless at fighting heart disease and charges that the two companies deliberately sat on the bad news for roughly a year. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
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